diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e6a8f27f2602582a6ed8da8f059a30201f16fa70..3fd4b626fa84deb317709f11782534f36df36033 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -548,9 +548,13 @@ core.sparseCheckout::
 	linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
 
 add.ignore-errors::
+add.ignoreErrors::
 	Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
 	added due to indexing errors. Equivalent to the '--ignore-errors'
-	option of linkgit:git-add[1].
+	option of linkgit:git-add[1].  Older versions of git accept only
+	`add.ignore-errors`, which does not follow the usual naming
+	convention for configuration variables.  Newer versions of git
+	honor `add.ignoreErrors` as well.
 
 alias.*::
 	Command aliases for the linkgit:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 42fb1f57b21d7c355d3df6be07329c478786a9a7..ec7b577b85ae5a320b1006380f5abd03946ba44b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run]
 	   [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author]
 	   [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
-	   [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status] [--]
-	   [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
+	   [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status]
+	   [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c
index 56a4e0af6b35ea9f6d86accad27a1c87bc5ad0d9..3a5fca51590db53747f8712f733aa01e5840d8fb 100644
--- a/builtin/add.c
+++ b/builtin/add.c
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ static struct option builtin_add_options[] = {
 
 static int add_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
-	if (!strcasecmp(var, "add.ignore-errors")) {
+	if (!strcasecmp(var, "add.ignoreerrors") ||
+	    !strcasecmp(var, "add.ignore-errors")) {
 		ignore_add_errors = git_config_bool(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index f83f019ca91a2611f5bd3474ccf6d10081320c4c..d3037fc94eb027e5067b0371da2b33081fd89da5 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ __git_ps1 ()
 				(describe)
 					git describe HEAD ;;
 				(* | default)
-					git describe --exact-match HEAD ;;
+					git describe --tags --exact-match HEAD ;;
 				esac 2>/dev/null)" ||
 
 				b="$(cut -c1-7 "$g/HEAD" 2>/dev/null)..." ||